Venture Capital
Venture capital (VC) is a form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth potential or which have demonstrated high growth (in terms of number of employees, annual revenue, scale of operations, etc). Venture capital firms or funds invest in these early-stage companies in exchange for equity, or an ownership stake. Venture capitalists take on the risk of financing risky start-ups in the hopes that some of the firms they support will become successful. Because startups face high uncertainty, VC investments …
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RAND Corporation · 20 November 2023 English
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is resourced to support a broad national strategy of layered deterrence by identifying systemically important entities and supporting in the mitigation of risks …
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World Bank Group · 17 November 2023 English
This CCDR is divided into five chapters: chapter 1 focuses on Kenya’s development context and the risks and opportunities presented by climate change, analyzing the characteristics of key sectors of …
forwarding.41 As a signal of this, it is not only venture capital–funded start-ups that have set up their own …
RFF: Resources for the Future · 17 November 2023 English
Tracking and Evaluation of Research, Development, and Demonstration Programs at the US Department of Energy Lucie Bioret, Yuqi Zhu, Alan Krupnick, and Aaron Bergman Report 23-17 November 2023 Tracking and …
business performance includes the amount of venture capital raised, firm acquisitions, and firm survival … least 30 percent and chances of receiving venture capital by more than 10 percent. Unfortunately, natural … information on companies, related individuals, venture capital activity, and acquisitions, all of which can … Timothy B. Jones, and Libby Wayman. 2017. “Venture capital and cleantech: The wrong model for energy innovation …
CSLS: Centre for the Study of Living Standards · 17 November 2023 English
Finally, part three of the report analyzes outcomes from parts one and two of the report, providing a summary of the findings and a conclusion regarding the investment situation in …
................ 67 Chart 36: Most Active Venture Capital Firms and Funds .......................... … 66 Table 11: Most Active Government Funded Venture Capital in Canada ................................ … for investment. According to the Canadian Venture Capital Association in 2021, among the Atlantic provinces … Brunswick was the most active province in venture capital investment with $126 million and 14 deals. … explained in part one of the report. Tax Credits: Venture Capital Program Apart from the significant property …
European Movement United Kingdom · 16 November 2023 English
Brexit isn’t working for UK businesses. The European Movement’s comprehensive new survey of UK businesses exposes how difficult UK-EU trade has become for British businesses, causing huge damage across multiple …
including the UK Smaller Companies Fund and a Venture Capital Trust. How prepared we felt for Brexit: 8 … to renew the Enterprise Investment Scheme/Venture Capital Trust schemes, which have been a crucial source …
IPS: Institute for Policy Studies · 16 November 2023 English
The news is full of stories about billionaires giving huge gifts to charity. Yet for all but the most generous, their giving is nowhere close to keeping up with the …
larger-scale choices such as socially-responsible venture capital investments, microfinancing, and loans to …
World Bank Group · 16 November 2023 English
The Kenya Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) aims to identify the impact of climate change on Kenya’s economy. Through robust and rigorous analyses that cover climate impact modeling across …
forwarding.41 As a signal of this, it is not only venture capital–funded start-ups that have set up their own …
CLTC: Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity · 15 November 2023 English
The event focused on the cybersecurity, not the kinetic, aspects of the conflict between Taiwan and China.2 As the title suggests, panelists leveraged lessons from Russia’s February 2022 invasion of …
Cyberdefending Taiwan 27 and he advises a venture capital firm on investments in cybersecurity start-ups …
IPPR: Institute for Public Policy Research · 15 November 2023 English
We need to counter the entrenched view that government is innately bad at things, and instead, with the right information, capabilities, and an understanding of the tools at its disposal, …
financing for example, UKIB loans, guarantees, BBB venture capital, or even public equity stakes, where publicly … full range of financing capabilities, such as venture capital or equity funding though, it will struggle …
SMF: Social Market Foundation · 13 November 2023
The government can – and should – do more to support the alternative protein sector, primarily by easing regulation • Though the main barriers to the growth of the alternative …
different backgrounds including academia, venture capital, grant making, non-profits and alternative …
